Streets of Laredo
by Johnny Cash Marty Robbins · posted by GaelicFisher
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
Streets of Laredo - by Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Etc.
With Chords for Guitar, Piano, Etc. to give a rough idea of the arrangement,
This version has a different melody for the Chorus.
Capo 1: (Key Bb: Play: A)
Verse Chords:
A E7 A E7 A D B7 E7
A E7 A E7 A D E7 A
Chorus Chords:
A A D D A F#m7 B7 E7
A A D D A F#m7 E7 A
5 -5 6 5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -3bb 3
As - I walked out on the streets of Laredo
3 4 4 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4
As I walked out on Laredo one day
5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -3bb 3
I - spied a young cowboy all - wrapped in white linen
4 4 4 -5 -5 6 -5 5 4 -3 4
Wrapped in white linen as - cold as the clay
6 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 -5 -5 -5 -6 7
Oh - beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
6 6 6 -6 6 5 -4 5 -4 4 -4
Beat the Dead March as you carry me a long
6 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 -5 -5 -5 -6 7
Take me to the Green Valley and lay the sod o'er me
-6 6 6 6 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 -4 4
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong